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is approving

  • present progressive of approve (3rd person singular).

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As such, the speed at which the state is approving projects, they say, is concerning.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 14, 2025

"I am running in memory of Joy. Hopefully she is approving of my lunacy doing it at this age."

From BBC May 11, 2025

Is there one person who’s in charge of WordPress, and is approving the patches that get submitted?

From The Verge Mar. 15, 2022

In the interview, Filardi said that by acknowledging same-sex unions, Visitation is approving them.

From Washington Post May 24, 2019

This is approving when the intensity of the original harmonizes with that of the copy, disapproving when the former exceeds or fails to attain the latter.

From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard